I installed a beverage today using nail in fence insulators on trees thru the woods. It appears as though the insulators are designed to have the wire wrapped around them to keep it tight. Wasn't sur
Thanks to all that took the time to reply. All the replies were almost identical; no, it won't hurt electrically to wrap the wire around the insulator but don't do it for mechanical reasons. I never
I was able to complete my beverage installation Saturday afternoon and now need to know if its working as it should. Its 500' long, roughly pointed at 50-55 deg (EU). Fed by a K2ZJ box and terminated
Wow, was everyone in the same contest?!?! Amazing how the opinions differ on how condx were last weekend. One station, abt 70 miles north of me, remarked how noisy the band was and even with a 880' b
Is there a website listing am broadcast station by area? I'm trying to find some station northwest of me to try out my new beverage. So far it's been a bust on 160 and I want to make sure its working
A while back someone wrote about using a 165' inv l ( 3/8w on 160 and 3/4w on 80m). How does the radiation patterm compare to a 1/4w. Which would be better for dx work? ______________________________
All week I tried to copy 3B9C on 1822, most of the nights hearing just a dot or dash or so about 1 hr or so before their sunrise. I was using a inv l for both tx and rx and was hearing a lot of qrn/n
Gladiator Phoenix Special 180/80m vertical for sale. Very good condition, garage kept last few years, complete, with manual. Can ship UPS. 275.00 or best offer, plus UPS. ____________________________
Any problems draping one end of a EWE over a tree that just happens to be in the right place with the right height? Will this affect the performance any? It would be the terminated end if it makes a
I have what most would call a modest topband station....a barefoot IC756 Pro and an inverted L, supported at the apex off an arm on my Hazer at 50 ft, the far end to a tree abt 40 ft or so...I heard
I noticed a similar problem in NW PA while trying to listen to PY0 on 1811.....I noticed something odd, when I took the cw filters out, there was a strong signal on 1810, and when switching to AM, it
when Jay and I talked at Dayton, he was just waiting for the dust to settle after Mike's passing to see what the new company was and wasn't going to do....Jay thought his group would pick up whatever
Calling blind ?!?!?! One of the first rules, if you cant hear em, dont call em..... _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
if you cant hear them, how would you ever know if they came back to you? _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
if everything (radio, antenna) were in one location, but the op was somewhere else......I dont see the problem, just like a super long 10,000+ mile cord between the cw key and radio.....its when the
is there a length limit on microphone cords, or key cords? Because for several remote stations, thats what you are talking about.....Im currently in Leesburg VA, over 300 miles from home.....but I st